Ji'nan rabbit king: a lively worship toy in Mid Autumn Festival
Author: Liu Meiting source Lu
Zhou Bingsheng and "King rabbit". The picture comes from the Internet
Lu net September 29th (reporter Liu Meiting). "There is no rouge on the face, but only a fine line on the small three petals". Lao She's "Ji'nan rabbit king" described in the novel "four generations together" appeared in the ten Art Festival countdown 1st anniversary activity Ji'nan exhibition area. Through the history of the ups and downs, although today in the streets and lanes in Ji'nan can not see such traditional objects, but for many "old Ji'nan", the worship of the rabbit king is one of the Mid Autumn Festival.
[b] legend says that young people wear rabbit skin to save the rabbit king [/b]
in the Ji'nan exhibition hall in the South Square of the Museum of Shandong province. The reporter saw the fourth generation Zhou Bingsheng of the "Zhou hare king" of the intangible cultural heritage of Ji'nan. After the last exhibition at the Expo, he brought two sets. Rabbit king, and at the scene of the "close contact" with the audience. Speaking of the origin of the rabbit king, Zhou Bingsheng told the reporter that it came from a legend: one year, a hundred and eighty springs in Ji'nan were all black mud soup. The plague prevailed and people were miserable. In the city, there was a teenager named Ren Han who rescued the people by borrowing the advice of immortals. He was mixed into the palace of the cold in August on the ten day of his grandmother's birthday in May. In order to distribute the medicine cake to the people, Ren Han died and put on the skin of the jade rabbit before returning to the ground. The plague was relieved and became the rabbit's Ren Han, and became the hero of people's mind.
"so every fifteen August, the Jinan people will put a rabbit king on the table, showing gratitude and praying for peace." Zhou Bingsheng introduced the history of the rabbit king. The present "old Ji'nan" is not exhausted: "when young people buy.Quot on the mid autumn street, the rabbit king.Quot is all over a street. Every time after the parents' worship is the toy of the children, it is not seen now. It is a pity that the Mid Autumn Festival is also far away from us." Grandfather Liu, who is already 86 years old, said.
[b] raw materials are made of the Yellow River mud through 16 processes. "The finished product is vivid and lifelike [/b]
" there is no rouge on the face, but only a fine line is drawn on the small three petals, red, oil, and light red on the two thin long white ears; in this way the rabbit's face takes a handsome look. Son, it seems like a rabbit in the yellow sky. Its upper body is dressed in Zhu Hong's robe, and below the waist are green leaves and pink flowers. Every leaf fold and petals are carefully stained and evenly colored, making the green leaves floral. In the novel "four generations together", Lao She described the popularity of the Mid Autumn Festival in Ji'nan and Beijing.
at the scene, Zhou Bingsheng brought in the pigments plaster and was giving the rabbits "face" and "red". "The rabbit king's raw material is the Yellow River glue. After 16 processes, there are.Quot; Dahongpao.Quot;.Quot; Tai tiger.Quot;.Quot; Xiao TIG.Quot;.Quot; rabbit grandma.Quot; and other more than 10 varieties, Zhou Bingsheng said, "the viscosity of the mud on the banks of the Yellow River is large enough to make rabbit king."
"unlike the Beijing rabbit, the Ji'nan rabbit king has a flag on both sides of the rabbit, the ears can be moved, the body is hidden with a wire, and when the tail is moved, the king of the rabbit can move his arm as a rash, like an arch hand." Zhou Bingsheng described to reporters that only one good rabbit king is brightly colored, lifelike and cute.